Political humor, even from a conservative viewpoint, cracks me up...

Curmudgeonly. Offbeat and funny stuff. [Living Backstage Blogroll]

10:14:31 PM    

Uh-oh, it's another election year...

Florida Had Its Share of Weird in 2003

The owner of a 300-pound emu that escaped its pen near DeFuniak Springs had a warning for anyone who might come across the flightless bird: "I don't want to be held liable if that sex-crazed thing does something to somebody."  dozens more like this

4:44:11 PM    

Beats the hell outta me...

From the Polish undertaker caught smuggling cigarettes in a hearse to a pair of one-legged Brazilian prisoners skipping jail, the weird and wacky reigned supreme around the world in 2003. much more...what a year!

4:32:11 PM    

demagnetizing America...

U.S. Immigration Restrictions Give Gay Couples Few Options

"Why would we want to turn America into a magnet for homosexuals?" asked Robert Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute, a conservative group. "These incremental steps eventually result in governmental indifference to families. And that is suicidal in terms of civilization." December 28, 2003, Washington Post (online)

3:43:27 PM    

Suck it up, men! 

No more Mr. Fat Ass!. Ten days before the end of the year I decided to give myself a “blast from the past”. A little reminder of the way I used to live. A nostalgic tour of the days this fat guy was THE FAT GUY. I would like to say I learned some things but that would be incorrect. What I did was reacquaint myself who I really am and will always be. I’ve been lying to myself that I could never return to those days of #300+. It would be so easy that I wouldn’t believe it if not for this 10-day experiment. 01-01-2004 10:52 a.m. CST [TexasTodd News]

3:29:52 PM    

Gollum is hip.

LOTR fan-art: Gollum rap [bOing bOing]

1:03:57 PM    

Getting ready for a fitness program in 2004?  Try these exercises for getting your core muscles ready.

Training the abdominal muscles.. This pdf file contains an excellent set of exercises for training the core muscles. [TexasTodd News]

12:23:46 PM    

Be sure to check out Rantables.  It has been updated today.

The crime is the punishment.

"No fair looking at MY books, Mr. Inspector!"

9:28:10 AM    

"A Minister's Secrets" has been updated. 

"A Minister's Secrets" is a series of short stories about the secret thoughts and the surprising encounters of Pastor David Meredith.  These are works of fiction.

Today's story is Part 1 of "Sandra's Michael" in which Pastor David Meredith encounters a spiritual conflict when he tries to encourage a parishioner whose son has delivered some distressing news about his sexuality.

Excerpt:  "Kevin wanted to raise a child without prejudice, and so did I, but sometimes it felt like I was not placing any proper boundaries on Michael.  It seems to me that he needed some stronger rules.  We were so afraid of raising a bigot that we..."

1:36:57 AM    

Happy Freakin' New Year!

12:31:08 AM